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EARTHQUAKES

Princess Aiko delivers an address at the opening ceremony of the 23rd meeting of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine in Tokyo on May 3.
JAPAN
May 13, 2025
Princess Aiko to visit the earthquake-hit Noto Peninsula from Sunday
It will be the first visit to disaster-hit areas by the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako.
The deep sea explorer Urashima 8000 is unveiled Monday at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 13, 2025
Japan unveils new deep-sea probe for 8,000-meter dives
The Urashima 8000 improves on the design of a previous iteration that can dive to a depth of 3,500 meters.
Students from a junior high school in Tokyo's Meguro Ward experience rice planting on Thursday in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture.
JAPAN
May 9, 2025
Noto region welcomes first school trip since massive quake
Officials said they hoped the students can learn by closely observing the reconstruction process.
A makeshift tent camp near a railway track, following a strong earthquake in Amarapura township, Myanmar, on April 4
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 8, 2025
Health care crisis follows Myanmar quake as junta drives medics underground
After medics took a prominent role in the anti-junta movement that emerged after the coup, the military administration has sought to root out opponents to its rule.
Princess Aiko speaks at the opening ceremony of the 23rd meeting of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN
May 3, 2025
Princess Aiko delivers first official address
The princess spoke at the opening ceremony of the 23rd meeting of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine in Tokyo.
Junko Tabei, the first woman to summit Mount Everest, makes front-page news on May 18, 1975.
JAPAN / History / Japan Times Gone By
May 3, 2025
Japan Times 1975: Junko Tabei becomes first woman to summit Mount Everest
A 35-year-old housewife from Saitama achieved the impressive feat in May 1975 with the help of a Sherpa guide and 15-member Japanese women’s team.
A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
ENVIRONMENT / Earth science / Longform
Apr 28, 2025
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
Last year the government issued its first "megaquake" advisory. Ever since, those living in the areas it's expected to hit have been preparing for the worst.
A broken Buddha statue inside a damaged pagoda following a strong earthquake in Amarapura township, Myanmar, on April 4.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 26, 2025
Myanmar junta defies quake ceasefire to continue deadly attacks, data shows
The military launched at least 207 attacks, including 140 airstrikes and 24 artillery barrages, according to data from the U.N. Human Rights Office.
People carry packs of bottles of water following a strong earthquake in Pyawbwe township, Mandalay, Myanmar, on April 4.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2025
Japan's SDF ends disaster relief operations in Myanmar
An SDF C-130 transport aircraft delivered 2.5 tons of emergency supplies to a Japanese medical team in Myanmar after arriving in an airport in Mandalay on April 9.
Yumi Watanabe (right), head of the residents' association of the Tsubamesawa public housing complex in Sendai, delivers a meal to a resident.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Apr 21, 2025
Disaster public housing complexes in Sendai work to boost interactions
Residents are working with volunteers to organize a children’s cafeteria and other events.
Rescue personnel search for survivors trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in Bangkok on April 2, five days after an earthquake struck central Myanmar and Thailand. Thai authorities say they have arrested a Chinese executive at a company that was building the skyscraper.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 21, 2025
Exec linked to Bangkok building collapse arrested
The skyscraper was the only major building in the capital to fall in the catastrophic March 28 earthquake.
A map showing the location of an earthquake that hit Nagano Prefecture on Friday evening, with the numbers indicating the seismic intensity on the shindo scale to 7.
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2025
Magnitude 5.0 earthquake jolts Nagano
The quake, with an estimated magnitude of 5.0, occurred at around 8:19 p.m. at a depth of about 10 kilometers.
A Buddhist monk walks past the debris of a collapsed building in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 18, 2025
Myanmar quake truce crumbles amid border clashes
Fighting erupts in Myanmar’s east despite a post-quake ceasefire, with rebel forces attacking key trade towns near the Thai border.
Shinobu Yamato (right), the mother of Hikaru Yamato who died in the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, mourns her son along with Hikaru's brother Shogo in Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2025
Family mourns university student killed in 2016 Kumamoto earthquake
The earthquakes claimed the lives of 278 people, including those who died due to indirect causes, in Kumamoto and the neighboring prefecture of Oita.
The Takojima fishing port in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, in December. The port was destroyed by the January 2024 earthquake that hit the Noto Peninsula.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2025
Japan enacts bill to quickly restore ports damaged in disasters
The bill was drawn up following the January 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake, which cut off many land routes.
Damaged Buddha statues are surrounded by debris from collapsed buildings in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Saturday following the devastating March 28 earthquake.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 15, 2025
'125,000 truckloads' of debris need removal in quake-hit Myanmar: U.N.
The central cities of Mandalay and Sagaing lie devastated, while more than 60,000 people have crowded into temporary displacement sites
Shizuyo Yoshimura, who survived the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, has spent nearly a decade recounting her time at a local evacuation center to pass on lessons to future generations.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2025
Kumamoto earthquakes survivor shares evacuation center lessons nine years on
One survivor has spent nearly a decade recounting her time at a local evacuation center, aiming to pass on her hard-earned knowledge to future generations.
Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office on Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2025
Japanese national confirmed dead in Myanmar quake
The Foreign Ministry had asked local authorities to search for the individual, and the person's body was found at the site of a collapsed building Saturday.
People walk past debris in the damaged Me Nu Brick monastery on the outskirts of Mandalay, Myanmar, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 14, 2025
Myanmar quake victims mark new year camped in ruins
Families were buying clay pots and plant sprigs customarily placed inside homes to welcome the new year, though some had nowhere to put them.
Temporary housing for Noto Peninsula earthquake evacuees in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Thursday
JAPAN / Society
Apr 13, 2025
Over 70% of Noto evacuees concerned about housing
One woman in her 60s in the city of Nanao complained about soaring construction costs as her house is being rebuilt.
Transport ministry issues warning to Haneda Airport operator
The operator of Tokyo's Haneda Airport has been warned by the government over its inappropriate transactions.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
One month on, Osaka Expo urged to boost heat and crowd control measures
A gate to the Osaka Expo site is crowded with visitors on Monday.
Xi defiance pays off as Trump meets most China trade demands
Then-Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits a school in South Gate, California, in February 2012. Experts say Xi won big in his standoff with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Japanese retailers turn to California rice for cheaper alternative
U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass eats California rice at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday along with Mitsuko Tsuchiya, vice president of retailer Aeon.
Sumo title contenders already emerging in early stages of Tokyo meet
Onosato (left) battles Abi on Day 3 of the Summer Basho in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Harmfully hot days for pregnant women in Japan nearly doubled over past five years
New research by a U.S. climate scientists’ group reveals that extreme heat has increased the risks of preterm births and other pregnancy complications in Japan, nearly doubling the number of days that are harmfully hot for pregnant women over the past five years.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Tokyo Stock Exchange wants stocks to be affordable for the average investor
The Tokyo Stock Exchange building in Nihonbashi. The exchange wants companies to lower the entry cost of investing in their shares.
Consumption tax set to dominate Upper House election debate
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Tuesday.

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